The 2019 TSRA Legislative Reception and Showcase of Natural Resource Industries will be held Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at the Delta Helena Colonial Inn in Helena, Montana from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm. Click below for more information.
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December 11, 2018 Source: Mace Thornton, Executive Director, Communications, American Farm Bureau macet@fb.org State Farm Bureau presidents from across the nation attended an event today at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington to witness the signing of the proposed Clean Water Rule.
Source: Hecla Montana, Tuesday, September 4, 2018 RC Resources, a subsidiary of Hecla Mining Company, announced today that the Supervisor of the Kootenai National Forest has signed the Record of Decision (ROD) authorizing Phase I of the Rock Creek project in Sanders County.
Source: Helena Independent Record, August 21, 2018 By: Matthew Daly, AP The Trump administration will roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to slow global warming, the Clean Power Plan that restricts greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Source: http://montanauntamed.com By: Susan Dunlap susan.dunlap@mtstandard.com May 4, 2018 Updated May 6, 2018 …Environmental groups are gearing up to get more than 25,000 signatures for a ballot measure, I-186, that they say will protect both taxpayers and Montana’s waterways. Mining industry officials say that if the measure passes, it will lead to endless lawsuits and […]
Source: Helena Independent Record, March 27, 2018 By: Mead Gruver, AP Ruling Finds Effect on Climate Change Must Be Considered U.S. government officials who engage in regional planning for an area of Wyoming and Montana that supplies 40 percent of the nation’s coal must consider reducing coal mining as a way to fight […]
Source: Environment &Energy News, February 6, 2018 By: Ariel Wittenberg, E&E News Reporter States led by Democrats and environmental groups filed lawsuits today challenging the Trump administration over its two-year delay of the Clean Water Rule. Both lawsuits accuse U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers of exceeding their statutory authority under the Clean […]
The Montana Sage Grouse Oversight Team (MSGOT) will meet on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 from 11:00 am. – 2:00 pm. in Room 152 of the State Capitol Building in Helena, MT. The primary focus of this meeting will be efforts to develop a mitigation marketplace to incentivize habitat conservation for Great Sage-grouse. The Montana Sage […]
U.S. Senate – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today (11/17/17) introduced the “Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act” (S. 2160) to accelerate badly needed and locally supported forest management projects that will improve the health of National Forests and get loggers back to work.
U.S. Department of the Interior Press Release, October 4, 2017 Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Counselor to the Secretary for Energy Policy Vincent DeVito welcomed new members of the Royalty Policy Committee, which was re-chartered on March 29 by the Secretary after an 8 year absence. After introductions by the Secretary, […]
Source: The Hill September 9/15/17 By: Timothy Cama The Trump administration is planning to pursue a less ambitious , more industry friendly climate change rule for coal-fired power plants as it works to scrap the one written under former President Barack Obama. Multiple sources familiar with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plans […]